Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 113 128
Rank change year-on-year +15 +15 +64
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 27 20 24
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.41% 0.85% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.23% 3.48% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 16
10th Percentile £236 £425 £178
25th Percentile £334 £547 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £588 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +4.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £623 £703 £672
90th Percentile £656 £750 £691
London median daily rate £523 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +16.11% -16.28% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -77.26% +220.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 516 575 631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.95% 24.42% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 344 384
10th Percentile £341 £350 £327
25th Percentile £432 £455 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £751 £789
London median daily rate £539 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.07% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile £25.08 £23.10 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £18.23
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £39.47
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -17.65% -8.73%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £71.56
90th Percentile £50.39 - £75.63
London median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £53.25
% change year-on-year -39.99% -21.30% +18.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Central London over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +5 23 £523 -12.92% 101
Camden - 4 £400 - 5
West End of London - 1 £400 - 1
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (70.37%) Azure
2 16 (59.26%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 8 (29.63%) Power Automate
4 8 (29.63%) PowerApps
5 4 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (14.81%) IaaS
5 4 (14.81%) PaaS
5 4 (14.81%) SaaS
5 4 (14.81%) ShareGate
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (7.41%) GitHub
6 2 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
1 3 (11.11%) Softphone
1 3 (11.11%) VPN
2 2 (7.41%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) DHCP
3 1 (3.70%) Internet
3 1 (3.70%) Intranet
3 1 (3.70%) IP Telephony
3 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) Power BI
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
3 2 (7.41%) Marketing
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) French Language
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Desktop Support
2 7 (25.93%) Senior
3 6 (22.22%) Desktop Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Desktop Support
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Lead
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Service Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (7.41%) .NET
3 1 (3.70%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.70%) ADO
3 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (3.70%) OAuth
3 1 (3.70%) OpenID
3 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) iPad
1 6 (22.22%) iPhone
2 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) BYOD
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Mac OS
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Linux
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) ITIL
2 8 (29.63%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (22.22%) Investment Management
4 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
4 5 (18.52%) Migration
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
5 4 (14.81%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (14.81%) DevOps
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) CRM
6 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (11.11%) Statistics
7 2 (7.41%) AI
7 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
7 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.41%) Data Governance
7 2 (7.41%) Identity Management
7 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) C#
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.41%) Python
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) Bash
4 1 (3.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) MCSE
3 4 (14.81%) MCP
3 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) MCSA
4 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (7.41%) MCITP
6 1 (3.70%) CCNA
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.70%) CISSP
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.41%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.11%) SCCM
3 2 (7.41%) SCOM
3 2 (7.41%) Terraform
4 1 (3.70%) Grafana
4 1 (3.70%) Istio
4 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Citrix
2 2 (7.41%) HP
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Apple
3 1 (3.70%) Avaya
3 1 (3.70%) Blue Prism
3 1 (3.70%) Polycom
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) UiPath
3 1 (3.70%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Wyse